Astronomical Reality versus Astrological Myth

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Baraka, Beloved of our Lady and Lord,

 

Oddly enough, the Hebrew name that I had to take to keep people in my class

from stumbling over " Laurence " lo these thirty-odd years ago was " Barak. "

How did you come to choose " Lightening " as a witchy name ?

 

I have always " written off " astrology as, at best, pseudo science, and at

worst something on the other side of superstitution, because of its utter

failure to take into account the effects of the Precession of the Equinoxes

(Yes, I know, by rights it should be " Equinoces, " but the time-honored term

in astronomy (mis-)uses the form " Equinoxes " )(rather akin to the

Brontosaurus/Apatosaurus controversy, what ?).

 

Of late, I have gotten into a one-on-one dialogue with Jewel St. Michael

(who referred me to your list) on just this point, and the consensus of

opinion was that " the world isn't ready for this, yet. "

 

Glad to see that you think that it is.

 

Blessed Be !

 

Bat

 

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Thursday, November 25, 1999 1:44 PM

This list isn't even a week old yet...

 

 

> Aumgn93

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> Dear Friends,

>

> Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

>

> I started this list on Monday. As of today, it has twenty-five members.

>

> That's what I call growth!

>

> I'm hoping that after this weekend those who are inclined to do so will

> introduce themselves, or start discussions or ask questions.

>

> As for me, I've been into astrology for about eleven years. I resisted

> astrology until a) I learned that other esoteric disciplines I'd

previously

> scoffed at had some validity after all, and b) a friend who just happened

to

> be a Sidereal astrologer turned me on to it, first, by his accurate

> interpretations of charts from people I knew that he'd never met (gave him

> their birth data to test him), and second, his use of the Sidereal zodiac.

> Like other astrology skeptics, I too found the discrepancy between " signs "

> and the constellations to be, well, at least a little amusing.

>

> For more personal data, I'm a former Air Force officer who now works for a

> security company. I live near Pittsburgh, I've just turned 45 (the sun

was

> shining on my way to work at the moment of my Solar Return!), and, due to

the

> wear and tear on my printer from people who want free horoscopes, I'm

> considering turning professional.

>

> Love is the law, love under will.

>

> Later,

> Kevin/Baraka

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